Tag Archives: wordpress

Why do Spammers do this?

By Lee Aase | Published: February 1, 2011
This isn’t a metaphysical question about good and evil. I’m really trying to understand what the motivation or payoff is. Over the last week or so I have been experimenting with BuddyPress as a way of adding social networking features to SMUG. I’ve been impressed with the functionality. Now that I’ve learned some of what [...]
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When You Start Your WordPress Blog

By Lee Aase | Published: July 10, 2010
Note: This is reposted from what was originally part of the “page” structure of this blog. It shows what you can expect when you decide to start a blog on WordPress.com. Suus Not Ut Difficile! ==== When you click this link to start a new WordPress blog, you will see a screen something like this: [...]
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Getting More Sociable

By Lee Aase | Published: April 24, 2010
I mentioned in my last post that I was looking for a way to add the Facebook “Like” button to my posts, and so I’m experimenting with another plugin from Sociable, called Facebook Open Graph. I had already added Facebook Connect functionality through another plugin, but this one theoretically should be better. I may still [...]
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Getting Sociable

By Lee Aase | Published: April 24, 2010
Until now, I had been using the Tweet This! and Share This! plug-ins to encourage sharing of posts, and I’m working on getting the Facebook “Like” button installed, so I might switch my Facebook Connect plug-in, too. This morning I stumbled across a sharing plug-in that I like a lot more than the other two, [...]
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RAQ: Tips for Starting a Personal Blog?

By Lee Aase | Published: February 25, 2010
Today I had the opportunity to do a presentation for a group in St. Cloud, Minn., and afterward Misty Sweeter (@MistyS01), a recent PR graduate, tweeted a question: Hi Lee, good job presenting at Creative Memories today! Got me thinking about starting my own personal blog, any tips? A. First, I think it’s great you’re [...]
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